Top video it keeps getting better.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 glad your enjoying the content

Unsocial! I can't imagine anything more beautiful than the feeling of the freedom of the personal ability to fly, similar to the Birds. But then, Birds don't talk....😎

@TheBigBalloonFestival

Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy who used the cutting of the panels on his one man balloon to spell `SELFISH' :-) the letters were that big you couldn't see the word in one take, so it just looked like a pretty pattern from close up, but your right freedom of the skies is wonderful

@grassblade2

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestival I knew a dude who flew...and he was an asshole to his ground crew...so much so that he had to give up because no-one liked his attitude...way to much "My Bloon and I'll take it where and when I like" But to return to the original subject...if you don't like it, get one.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

Жыл бұрын

@@grassblade2 Well really, it's a team game unless your very skilled and lucky your always going to need a lift home (or to the pub 🙂)

@grassblade2

Жыл бұрын

Yep...silly boy. Always polite to chuck a few folks a flight methinks

Very cool. I remember seeing articles about the Cloudhoppers in an issue of Ballooning, back in the 80s. Very cool, indeed. Thanks for sharing this.

cool video man

@TheBigBalloonFestival

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

24-07-2020: Outstanding video! I've flew an experimental hopper once. Loved it!! I enjoyed it so much......... I purchased it! Due to my advanced age(58) and the fact I had a total knee replacement, I felt the necessity for a basket to protect myself. I opted for a Ultramagic Tekno CT-01 basket which has worked outstandingly for several seasons so far. Early in 2020, I purchased a Cameron N-31 (formally G-LEAU) looking to get it in the air later this year when conditions are more favorable. Cheers mates!

@TheBigBalloonFestival

4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME, thanks for the feedback, always a bit nervous when it comes to looking at something so technically detailed, and committing it to film, but I love the feeling of being up there on a great day kicking my legs as I fly :-) Look forward to sharing the skies with you in the future I'll keep an eye out for your bright yellow balloon on the launch site - Happy Landings

@kevinstephenson3880

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBigBalloonFestivalLikewise! G-LEAU is now in a loving home in Glendale, Arizona USA. My flying season here especially for the "Perrier" balloon is extremely short. Quite opposite from the rest of the world. I fly from Mid October thru April(if I'm lucky) 2-3 days a week in those months. Temperature in Phoenix right now is 35°C, way to hot for safe flight. The Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque has been canceled for this year due to the Corona Virus. Plan on being there next year for sure. I fly a few events around Arizona and New Mexico. Maybe our paths will cross someday! Fly safe!

Lovely presentation. This is what I want my life to be about, I've always had a bit of an aviation bug all my life and this seems the perfect way to go about it. Or at least a step up from radio control models.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comments, I'm really lucky to be involved in this world. I've worked on some huge balloons but the little ones (and where I started with rc balloons) will always be the best 😍 are you learning to fly balloons? Or do you fly a balloon already?

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Very interesting topic, but... you speak like you were about to fall asleep, I couldn't bear that for more than couple of minutes or I would fall asleep myself :)

@TheBigBalloonFestival

3 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha oh dear - well sweet dreams - hope you dream of cloudhoppers :-)

How much does it cost?

@TheBigBalloonFestival

Жыл бұрын

I had a chat with one of my friends who keeps an eye on such things and he tells me around £10k for an envelope and £7k for a bottom end, brand new, is probably not a bad estimate.

How much time do you need to get the balloon ready for flight?

@TheBigBalloonFestival

4 жыл бұрын

The fastest I've ever seen a balloon get off the ground (having driven into a field to launch) is 7 minutes ! But I'm more comfortable in the 30 minuteish time frame. Hope that answers your question?

Do you need a PPL(B) for this? Edit: Yes, should have checked before asking.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

4 жыл бұрын

Yes for those of us in the UK PPL(B) though I think there have been rare examples of PUT's (Pilot Under Training) being observed by instructor pilots from other balloons or the ground while flying hoppers. (Though the PUT must have had nerves of steel :-) )

@Rick-ve5lx

4 жыл бұрын

The Big Balloon Festival Thanks for the reply. It’s an interesting aircraft.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rick-ve5lx my pleasure. A brilliant feeling to be hanging around in the air this way - defiantly a unique way to travel

Great video. I find it strange that i don't see a cruise system that runs the burner for you. I’m going to guess that All the single person balloons need to have a license.

@TheBigBalloonFestival

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Cruise control or even an autopilot is really rare in ballooning and I've only heard of a couple ever developed, usually used for record setting duration flight cross Atlantic/pacific/America etc. As for a licence it depends where you are. Not all countries require one but in the UK. Yes.

Hello from Belgium, I am looking for blueprints of a 7 to 15 gore bulbous envelope. Anyone got a spare one or a lead to find it? Thanks Thomas

@TheBigBalloonFestival

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas, if your a Facebook user try signing up to Annex 1 Balloon Group, and in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGigurKvhc68p6Q.html there are a number of 12 gore bulbous home design and built balloons from the BM balloons range, hope that helps

Wow give to me one

Looks like a WW1 scout balloon

@TheBigBalloonFestival

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I don't know much about them, time I did a little research on scout balloons. I wonder if any still exist

I f Gking love life

What the f ck we're humans waiting for when this was alive lol I feel like I was robbed 20 something years just for not knowing this but it's been around for years . This is personal flying mechine

@mbrunnme

2 жыл бұрын

Should we tell him about paramotors?